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All four sons in the Yanez family of Eagle Lake served our country in the US military. Sgt, the Jesse P. Yanez (1924- 1944) was the son of Cayetano and Natividad Yanez. Jesse served in the Army air Corps in World War II as a B-17 Flying Fortress Tailgunner.
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Lieut. William R. “Billy” Cook was the son of George E. Cook of Lissie and graduated from Eagle Lake High School in 1933. Congressman J. J. Mansfield appointed Cook to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland where he graduated and received his officer’s commission in 1938.
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Lorell Dye (1924-2014) was a second lieutenant in the USAF in WWII. He distinguished himself as a fighter pilot flying the famous Mustang P51 airplane. An Eagle Scout at 16, Lorell continued his leadership throughout life. Born in Tennessee, he attended Vanderbilt University and studied civil engineering. He had a family business called Memphis Concrete Silo Company. In 1955, he founded Texas Concrete Silo Company in Eagle Lake, a successful company for many years.
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Stewart Frazar Wallace from Eagle Lake enlisted in the Navy in 1943. He was assigned to the USS New Orleans and traveled to most of the Pacific Theater in WWII. The ship had suffered the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. It was the leadship in a class of 7 heavy cruisers in the war. It was among the 4 most decorated ships in WWII.
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Walter Jones was a popular student at Eagle Lake High School. He was valedictorian of the class of 1958, an athlete, and a standout in track competition statewide. Walter went to the University of Texas, and soon after attended the Naval Officer Candidate School to become a Reserve Naval Officer.
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James Rester, First Lieutenant and a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, fought the enemy from the air and, after being shot down over enemy territory, fought on the ground against the enemy as they waited for their rescue.
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A young pastor and his wife moved to a new church. They were tight on cash, so the young pastor told his wife not to buy anything except groceries. She went shopping, and while out, she saw a beautiful dress and decided to try it on. It fit and looked perfect. She remembered what her husband said - and bought the dress anyway. Her husband was furious since money was so tight. She said she was only going to try it on and, boy, did it look good in front! The devil kept tempting her to buy the dress. She told her husband that she rebuked the devil by saying, “Get thee behind me, Satan!” He did and he said, “Looks great back here, too!”
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The lives and adventures of Columbus residents of yesteryear came to life at the 18th annual Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery Tour Saturday, Nov. 7 at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Actors this year included: Billy Kahn (J.W.E. Airey), Donna Pustejovsky (Augusta Dick), Ann Butler (Bettie Munn Gay), Shalor Townzen (Thomas Hayslip Garner), Tali DeJesus (John D. GIllmore), Elizabeth Tumlinson (Carrie Grobe), Kathleen Townzen (Fannie Arnold Mahon), Janet Hollman (Hattie Middlebrook), Jim Kearney (Edward Sandmeyer), and Zachary Zahradnik (Louie Schulenburg, Jr.). Citizen
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